Canadian Autonomy
Paris Peace Conference 1919
Canada
had its own seat during the Paris
Peace Conference and signed the Treaty
of Versailles independently
League of Nations 1920
Independent
membership in
the new
international
organization
Investment in Canada 1920s
US
investment in Canada increases
US investment in Canadian resource
companies (these resources were then
shipped out of Canada to the US)
Branch Plants 1920s
US
companies set
up branch plants
in Canada which
were American
owned and
controlled
Group of Seven 1920s and 1930s
Distinctly
Canadian
art
Emerged at the
same time as
increasing US
influence on
Canadian culture
Chanak Crisis 1922
Britain
requests Canadian support to defend
British Port against Turkish forces
PM Mackenzie King stated that Canadian
Parliament would decide
Britain can no longer assume Canada will
automatically answer the call
Halibut Treaty 1923
Canadian-American
treaty
regulating the Halibut
fishery in the Northern
Pacific
First treaty signed by
Canada without the
presence of a British official
King-Byng Crisis 1926
PM
Mackenzie King asked Governor
General Julien Byng to dissolve Parliament
while a motion of no confidence was
being debated
Byng
refused, King resigned
A
couple of months later Parliament was
dissolved and an election was called
King
ran on the constitutional issue,
where a British GG interfered with the
rights of Canadians to govern themselves
King
and the Liberals won
Balfour Report 1926
Imperial
Conference acknowledged that Canada
was becoming less subordinate to Britain.
The
Balfour Report recognized that British
dominions, including Canada, were autonomous
and the GG was only a representative of the
monarch
Statute of Westminster 1931
Recognized
the details of the
Balfour Report
Canada was now able to make
their own foreign policy
Canada began to establish
Canadian embassies around the
world
Hockey Night in Canada
First
broadcast in
1931 with play by
play with Foster
Hewitt on the radio
Moved to television
in 1952
Canadian Broadcast Company 1936
Public
radio created by the
federal government
Called the CRBC (Canadian Radio
Broadcasting Commission)
Later reorganized into the
Canadian Broadcast Company
Canadian based programing in
French and English
Radio 1930s
During
the depression radio was very
popular
By the end of the 1930s, 75% of Canadian
homes had one
Canadians often listened to US syndicated
shows, partly because they were more
sophisticated and party because many local
radio shows bought by American companies